Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Washington
Stevens Way, Box 352600
Seattle, WA 98195 USA
206-54305090
Your Team Name Here
First Author Name
First Author email address
Second Author Name (and so on)
Second Author email address
<Technology> Design Proposal– Due date
Here is a suggested format for a ME 395 Proposal.
Since the team projects all are different, feel free
to modify the organization of this format to meet
your project requirements. Note however that all
sections listed here are required and that the page
limit for this report is 3 pages.
assignments, you should identify team members
who will lead the development of documentation
for the midterm and final reports and those who
will develop content within each report section.
Also, a team leader should be identified.
Problem definition & design goals
Bibliography
Provide a brief description of the product or
process to be designed. Identify the customer(s)
for the design and list known design goals and
requirements.
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Description of previous work or
similar products
Provide a brief description of previous/ related
design projects or similar products, and of related
design information from standards and other
sources. Note any important features or
recommendations made that might impact how
things will proceed. Most importantly, describe
things that make your proposal unique. Be sure to
cite referenced work within the text.
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Books, articles, reports, data sheets, etc., cited
in the report.
Formatted as described at
http://www.lib.washington.edu/help/guides/
43APA.pdf
For example….
Mehta, V. & Cooper, J.S. (2003). Review and
analysis of PEM fuel cell design and
manufacturing. Journal of Power Sources, 114, 3253.
Dixon, J.R. (1997). Overview of the Design Process.
In G.E. Dieter (Ed.), ASM Handbook. Volume 20,
Materials selection and design (pp. 7-14),
Materials Park, Ohio: ASM International.
Management plan and task
assignments
Provide a brief description of your management
plan and specify team member tasks. Include a
Gantt chart for your management plan. For task
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Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Washington
Stevens Way, Box 352600
Seattle, WA 98195 USA
206-54305090
Your Team Name Here
First Author Name
First Author email address
Second Author Name (and so on)
Second Author email address
<Technology> Design Report – Due Date
Here is a suggested format for ME 395 midterm
and final reports. Since the team projects all are
different, feel free to modify the organization of
this format to meet your project requirements.
However, note that some sections are required for
the midterm report (*), some are required for the
final report (*), that the limit for the body of the
report is 25 pages, and that there is no page limit
on appendices.
Impact on the Environment *
Cost & Engineering Economics *
Conclusions *
Executive Summary *
Introduction **
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Problem definition and project management
plan.
Description of previous work or similar
products.
Functional requirements/ performance
metrics.
Brief description of selected design (~1
paragraph).
Design Description and Analyses *
 Description Providing details as developed
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in the evaluation of the proposed concepts,
and the justification of the selected design.
Analyses Results of analyses that support
the design (refer to the appendices with the
details of each type of analysis). You must
include at least one experimental plan using
Taguchi’s orthogonal array method.
Prototype
 Purpose
 Description and Implementation
 Testing Results Include comparisons of
experimental performance with the design
analysis.
Risk and Liability *
Ethical Issues *
Impact on Society *
 Final Configuration Strengths
 Recommendations for Continued
Development
Bibliography **
Books, articles, data sheets, etc., as cited in the
report should be formatted as described at
http://www.lib.washington.edu/help/guides/
43APA.pdf
Appendices *
 Design concepts**
1.
2.
Proposed design concepts.
Evaluation of proposed concepts, justification
of the selected design.
 Analyses
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Design of Experiments*
Mechanical
Chemical
Biological
Electrical
Hardware
Software
Integration
 Drawings
1.
2.
3.
4.
Mechanical
Electrical (components and connections)
Computer Hardware
Software Descriptions (flow charts,
hierarchical diagrams, etc.)
 Code
1.
2.
MATLAB analysis and design
C-Code
 Major components list
1.
2.
Manufacturer/ Model number
Cost
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